Boot or shoe



(No Model.)

` W. P. LEPAVOUR.

BooT 0R SHOE.

No. 398,412. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.'

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VOODBURY P. LEFAVOUR, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,412, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed December 15, 1888. Serial No. 293,666. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VOODBURY l. LEPA- VOUR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements iuBoots or Shoes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specication.

view of the front portion of the upper before being lasted, and Fig. at reprcsel'its a crosssection on the line X X shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

a a represent the vamp, and b t) represent the quarters of a boot or shoe, as usual. To the slitted front portions of the quarters b b are stitched the side stays, c c, and in one piece with the latter is made the tip or stay c', that extends to the toe portion of the hoot or shoe, as shown in the drawings, and is stitched to the vamp a a, as shown.

In practice I prefer to make the vamp in two parts, a u, so as to use up small pieces of leather and thus enabling me to manufacture the boot or shoe at a reduced cost, and as the joint d is concealed and covered by the tip or stay portion c', the hoot or shoe has the appearance of heilig made with a solid vamp.

By making the tip or stay c in one piece with the side stays, c c, great strength is imparted to the boot or shoe at the junction of the vamp and quarters, and consequently all danger of its being torn or ripped at this place is avoided.

Although I prefer to make the vamp in twov parts, as shown, I do not wish to conne myself to such construction, as I may use in connection with the side stays, c c, and the continuous tip or stay c', a solid vamp without departing from the essence.

Beside s imparting additional strength to the vamp by the use of my improved side stays and tip combined, I am able to produce aboot Figure l represents a plan view of the imrepresenls a Fig. il represents a plan i or shoe of a very neat and tasty appearance. I wish to say that in making my improved boot or shoe I do not wish to confine myself to the particular shape and pattern of the side stay and tip combined, as this may be va` ried to suit the demands of the trade.

As an advantage incidental to this invention, it may be mentioned that the tip or stay c', forming a continuation of the side stays, c c, and extending to the toe part of the shoe, imparts a narrow appearance to the foot and makes a broad shoe appear smaller and narrower than it is in reality.

wWhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, is-

The improved laced boot or shoe, as described, having the quarters b Y), and the divided vamp a a, combined with the side stays, c c, having in one piece therewith the tip or stay c', extending centrally to the toe part of the boot or shoe, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 12th day of December, A. D. 1888.

VOODBURY P. LEFAVOUR.

Iitnessesz ALBAN ANDEEN, HELEN S. ANDREN. 

